Asia, Nepal, Baruntse Attempt

Baruntse Attempt. An international expedition failed to climb Baruntse by its southeast ridge. On May 10 and 13 Australians Kenneth Baldwin, leader John Finnigan, Theodore Hooy, Peter Land and Will Steffen, American Peter Hodge, and Nepalese Ongchu Lama and Bir Bahadur Tamang reached 7070 meters.